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1 The Industrial Revolution, 1700-1900
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Industrial Revolution 2 The Industrial Revolution greatly increased _________ of machine-made ___________ that began in _____________ in the middle 1700s.
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SECTION 1 3 The Beginnings
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Agricultural Revolution 4 Wealthy landowners buy land from village farmers and form enclosures (large fields) Small farmers move to the cities or become tenant farmers
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Agricultural Revolution 5 Seed Drill - 1701 Crop Rotation
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Bigger animals = more people 6
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Reasons the I.R. Begins in England 7 More food -> bigger pop. - > more factory workers -> increased demand for cloth water power and coal = run the machines Iron ore = make machines Rivers = transport Harbors = trade Bank loans + good banking system Political stability = parliament encouraged business ventures Factors of production - > land, labor, capital (wealth)
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Inventions (textiles) 8 Power loom speeds weaving Cotton gin = remove seeds from cotton They are big and need water power = factories by rivers
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9 Industrialization is the ___________ in machine- made ____________. ______________ was/were an important result of the Agricultural Revolution because ____________. The Industrial Revolution could not have occurred without ___________ because ___________.
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10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1az9qIi8PCs
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Journal 11 1. When the Industrial Revolution began where was the region’s port? 2. Why were people from Liverpool upset with Manchester when the ship canal was built?
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SECTION 2 12 Industrialization - Manchester
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Think About 13 The factory system changed the way people lived and worked, introducing a variety of changes and problems.
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Industrialization Changes Lives 14 Higher wages in factories Buy better clothes Urbanization – city building and the movement of people to cities Factories are built next to each other -> need to be close to sources of energy London = 1 million people (1800)
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Living Conditions 15 No sanitary or building codes No drains Cholera No building codes Few policemen Low life expectancy
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Working Conditions 16 14 hours x 6 days a week Same task over and over Coal mines were the worst What else was dangerous about factories?
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Who Made Money? 17 Upper class = factory owners, merchants, and bankers become wealthier than landowners Middle class Upper = doctors, lawyers, managers of factories Lower = skilled workers (toolmakers, printers) Lower/working class = factory workers riot as the are replaced by machines
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Luddites 18
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Positive Effects 19 Jobs Wealthier countries Technological progress Hope of improvement for people Healthier diets Cheaper clothes Middle class = demand for engineers and managers Lower class = gradual improvement -> higher wages and better working conditions
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Positive Long-Term Effects 20 Consumer goods are cheap Living and working conditions improve Tax money = govt. has money to improve cities
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Assignment 21 Page 294 1-8
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SECTION 3 22 Industrialization Spreads
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U.S. 23 Rivers, coal, iron ore, a large population Americans are creative after British blockade British mill worker (Samuel Slater) emigrates to America and “smuggles” design of a spinning machine Textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts Job opportunities for women
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Sorry Britain! 24
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Expansion of U.S. Industry 25 Inventions (electric light bulb and telephone) Urban population Railroads
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Continental Europe 26 Not as advanced because of Napoleonic Wars Belgium Iron ore, coal, waterways Brits sneak in and start companies Germany Some regions were industrialized Bismarck and railroads help unite the country Only regions in other countries industrialized France – more controlled Bad roads and mountains in Spain and Austria- Hungary
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World Balance of Power Changes 27 Industrialized countries become wealthier They compete with one another Less developed parts of Asia/Africa become poorer Poor countries supply raw materials and buy products Imperialism – one country taking over another – develops – for resources
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Assignment 28 Page 299 – Questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
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